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Overview

Richard G. Lathrop is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a significant body of work spanning several subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's main topics of study include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Richard G. Lathrop include:

  • SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States (2021, Ecology)
  • Revealing the sources of arsenic in private well water using Random Forest Classification and Regression (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022, Ecology)
  • Meteorological and Hydrological Drought Analysis and Its Impact on Water Quality and Stream Integrity (2021, Sustainability)
  • An Improved Approach for Selecting and Validating Burn Severity Indices in Forested Landscapes (2020, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard G. Lathrop include:

  • Subhasis Giri
  • Sadiya Baba Tijjani
  • Junyu Qi
  • Marjorie Kaplan
  • Michael V. Cove

Their research is also published extensively across several venues, with multiple contributions in SSRN Electronic Journal, Ecology, The Science of The Total Environment, Sustainability, and Remote Sensing.

Best Publications

  • Land resource impact indicators of urban sprawl

    John E. Hasse;Richard G. Lathrop

  • Predicting the effects of climate change on water yield and forest production in the northeastern United States

    J. D. Aber;S. V. Ollinger;C. A. Federer;Peter B Reich

  • A Spatial Model of Atmospheric Deposition for the Northeastern U.S.

    Scott V. Ollinger;John D. Aber;Gary M. Lovett;Sarah E. Millham

  • Effects of Phragmites australis (Common Reed) Invasion on Aboveground Biomass and Soil Properties in Brackish Tidal Marsh of the Mullica River, New Jersey

    Lisamarie Windham;Richard G. Lathrop

  • Use of thematic mapper data to assess water quality in Green Bay and Central Lake Michigan

    R. G. Lathrop;T. M. Lillesand

  • Landsat Thematic Mapper monitoring of turbid inland water quality

    Richard G. Lathrop

  • Relationship of Land‐Use/Land‐Cover Patterns and Surface‐Water Quality in The Mullica River Basin

    Robert A. Zampella;Nicholas A. Procopio;Richard G. Lathrop;Charles L. Dow

  • Urban change detection based on an artificial neural network

    X. Liu;R. G. Lathrop

  • Testing the utility of simple multi-date Thematic Mapper calibration algorithms for monitoring turbid inland waters

    Richard G. Lathrop;Thomas M. Lillesand;Brian S. Yandell

  • THE EFFECT OF LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON DEPOSITION TO HUNTER MOUNTAIN, CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK

    K. C. Weathers;G. M. Lovett;G. E. Likens;R. Lathrop

  • Monitoring hemlock forest health in New Jersey using Landsat TM data and change detection techniques

    Denise D. Royle;Richard G. Lathrop

  • Alternative land use regulations and environmental impacts: assessing future land use in an urbanizing watershed

    Tenley M. Conway;Richard G. Lathrop

  • The effects of the urban built environment on the spatial distribution of lead in residential soils.

    K. Schwarz;Steward T.A. Pickett;Richard G. Lathrop;Kathleen C. Weathers

  • A Multi-scale Segmentation Approach to Mapping Seagrass Habitats Using Airborne Digital Camera Imagery

    Richard G. Lathrop;Paul Montesano;Scott Haag

  • Subpixel analysis of Landsat ETM/sup +/ using self-organizing map (SOM) neural networks for urban land cover characterization

    Sangbum Lee;R.G. Lathrop

  • Applying GIS and landscape ecological principles to evaluate land conservation alternatives

    Richard G Lathrop;John A Bognar

  • A Housing-Unit-Level Approach to Characterizing Residential Sprawl

    John Hasse;Richard G Lathrop

  • Temporal and spatial changes in an area of the New Jersey Pine Barrens landscape

    Sandra S. Luque;Richard G. Lathrop;John A. Bognar

  • Does Phragmites Expansion Alter the Structure and Function of Marsh Landscapes? Patterns and Processes Revisited

    Richard G. Lathrop;Lisamarie Windham;Paul Montesano

  • Comparison of the A-Cc curve fitting methods in determining maximum ribulose 1.5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase carboxylation rate, potential light saturated electron transport rate and leaf dark respiration.

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  • Use of GIS mapping and modeling approaches to examine the spatial distribution of seagrasses in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

    Richard G. Lathrop;Renee M. Styles;Sybil P. Seitzinger;John A. Bognar

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth L. Clark
Kenneth L. Clark US Forest Service
John D. Aber
John D. Aber University of New Hampshire
Anantha Prasad
Anantha Prasad US Forest Service
Kathleen C. Weathers
Kathleen C. Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Louis R. Iverson
Louis R. Iverson US Forest Service
Christopher W. Swanston
Christopher W. Swanston US Forest Service
Yangjian Zhang
Yangjian Zhang Hebei University
Cagan H. Sekercioglu
Cagan H. Sekercioglu University of Utah
Steward T. A. Pickett
Steward T. A. Pickett Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Scott V. Ollinger
Scott V. Ollinger University of New Hampshire

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